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This makes me think of all kinds of things, each more wonderful on the ice than the last.

I'm not saying Radulov, but who knows? He is not Semin. OK, I hope not. But the guy can score and is physical.

It's funny but the idea of Marleau and Thornton both is not totally crazy either. And yes, they would get it done. Holy cow. One adds tons of assists, the other 25 goals. And they'd be, in effect, our 8-9 guys in terms of who they replace.

And the mother of all splashes: the meteor in the ocean splash: just jack up a mega offer to Draisaitl. Go completely anti what everyone keeps wringing hands on: big long term contracts. First. IF we could sign him for $9.8 million even, the compensation would be two firsts, a second and a third rounder. If we got Draisaitl for that? First, Draisaitl makes us an instant playoff team, so we'd be picking late. Second, we have: Necas, Gauthier, Roy, Kuokannen and more up front, and Fleury and Bean on the back. We can skip a couple of picks. Plus, it's really losing one first rounder since we get Draisaitl himself. That is a no brainer if they wouldn't match.

We could go even higher, but then it's 4 first rounders. Now, don't get me wrong, that would still be worth it. Draisaitl could well become the 2nd best 1C in the game after McDavid himself, but with McDavid at $13 million, how high would you go?

Another, sort of nasty option is to threaten to throw a massive offer at him: $12 million, OR we could make a trade. 2 first rounders, Fleury, Roy and a second rounder. Something like that.

Francis lowered the bar with the "top 9" comment, but now he's raising it again. Better do something.

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If PK has really opened his checkbook this may be a moot point, but for the sake of thoroughness the provision below is copied right out of the CBA:

11.10 No Renegotiation.

In no event shall a Club and a Player negotiate a change in any terms of a Player's SPC for the then-current season or for any remaining season of an SPC (except as provided for in Section 11.8(b)). This provision shall not prohibit a Player and Club from negotiating an extension to an existing SPC in accordance with the terms of Section 50.5(f) hereof, or from negotiating a new or reformed SPC or Offer Sheet in the limited context and time-frame expressly set forth in Section 11.6(a)(vi) above.